Austerity
Mark Blyth – Why Do People Continue To Believe Stupid Economic Ideas
Informative as well as entertaining
Economics
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Trump, Macron: same fight
It is customary to contrast Trump and Macron: on one hand the vulgar American businessman with his xenophobic tweets and global warming scepticism; and on the other, the well-educated, enlightened European with his concern for […]
Economics
New Weather Institute and Rethinking Economics: 33 Theses for an Economics Reformation
Marking the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s challenge to the established church, the New Weather Institute and campaign group Rethinking Economics, with input from a wide range of economists, academics and concerned citizens, are challenging the […]
Corruption
Norbert Häring – How Uber money dominates and distorts economic research on ride-hailing platforms
The academic community is discrediting itself, much like the political elite before it, as it prostitutes itself to big business. Norbert Häring is a financial journalist at the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, blogger and […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Attacks on McDonnell a sign Tories know stance on borrowing is defunct
Obsession with debt reduction has been disastrous and arguments against a borrow-to-invest approach no longer pass muster Read here
Economics
Rasmus Hovedskov Hansen and Ian Alexander Lovering: Can the Eurozone resolve its macroeconomic imbalances before the next crisis?
The Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure attempts to prevent future economic crises within the Eurozone by remedying emerging imbalances. Precisely how to achieve this, however, has opened a struggle for the very direction of European governance. Rasmus […]
Economics
Steve Keen – FT Alphaville interview by Izabella Kaminska
FT Alphaville interview by Izabella Kaminska encoded-773138d0559c746e466ac6247fb748ee-64.mp3 Izabella is one of the key intellects behind the Financial Times’ Alphaville project: to get an appreciation of her calibre, read her post below on the topic du […]
Economics
Jeff Tan – Railway renationalisation
Rail privatisation has failed to deliver better value services, capital investment, and reductions in public subsidies. Despite this successive rail reforms have been unable or unwilling to renationalise the railway network and address the underlying […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Hooray, they’re letting us just about manage!
How neo-liberalism is once again moving the goalposts with regard to worker’s earnings and those who don’t even notice it Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of “Makroskop” and “flassbeck […]
Economics
Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist
Kate Raworth talks about her book “Doughnut Economics” Listen here